Unallocated partitions on main drive, Windows 10

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tarkooka

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Why are there two unallocated pieces of my main drive (501 MB and 470 MB) and what is the the other 470 MB partition on my main drive labeled: healthy recovery partition, should i leave that one alone ?
 
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Barty1884
The "unallocated" portions happen sometimes... not 100% sure why. You could extend a partition to encompass the 470MB on the right.... but the one on the left is a little tougher.

Disk Management won't (shouldn't) let you extend C over the 501MB on the left.... so third party tools would be required.


As for the recovery partition..... yes, you should leave that alone. As it's labelled, it's for recovery purposed (and I believe holds the boot partition too). Any Windows 10 install will have those two, and is perfectly normal.
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The "unallocated" portions happen sometimes... not 100% sure why. You could extend a partition to encompass the 470MB on the right.... but the one on the left is a little tougher.

Disk Management won't (shouldn't) let you extend C over the 501MB on the left.... so third party tools would be required.


As for the recovery partition..... yes, you should leave that alone. As it's labelled, it's for recovery purposed (and I believe holds the boot partition too). Any Windows 10 install will have those two, and is perfectly normal.
 
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